Monday, July 30, 2012

139th Hakka Toastmasters Meeting (7/29/2012)


Our 139th Meeting was successfully taken place on 7/29/2012 (Sunday) afternoon.  We apologize for the inconvenience to some of our friends who are so used to Saturday gathering.  (*Brother Peng Yuan-Hsiang actually scheduled to be here on 7/28 and found out the day is wrong...yet he got his Sunday commitment already...) We also have to do the assignments changes at the last minute...Josephine Pan replace Brother Peng to be our Timer, and Thomas Shu must replace Ivan Huang as MC.  In the bright side, we got a few new friends to join us this month.

One very interesting remark for this month...
it is indeed very Hakka 3 Line Poem in the spirit of this meeting.  Before the meeting, we received an email sent by brother CS Lou from Kuanshi, Hsinchu, with his message in Hakka Haiku to support our meeting. And the term speaker, brother James Leu has written his Hakka Haiku for his topic: 雜貨營生甘苦談 each poem means a special story...  This is really something special and a great way to tell stories.  You can review total 24 Hakka poems that cover his presentation:

Followed by the evaluation review by Chan-Ting Lin..., we invited all attendants to recite one
Hakka song:  
白鶴       客家民歌     陳永淘詞曲

一條大路直直大大   〈一條大馬路直直大大的在眼前延伸〉
一枝腳頭生鹵二捱   〈一把鋤頭滿覆重銹在屋角落放著〉          
一間泥屋連山愛賣   〈有一間泥屋要連著山一起賣掉〉
一坵良田鋪著水泥   〈有一塊良田已被鋪上了水泥〉
嗯………                    〈一群白鶴在哭泣…〉 
一條大路直直大大   〈一條大馬路直直大大的在眼前延伸〉
一間工廠生意不壞   〈一間工廠生意不錯的運作著〉   
一頭大樹連根出賣   〈有一棵大樹要連著根一起出賣〉
一潭污水冇魚 冇 蟈 〈有一潭污水裏面沒有魚也沒有蛙〉
嗯………                    〈一群白鶴在哭泣…〉
一條大路直直大大   〈一條大馬路直直大大的在眼前延伸〉
一種遊戲捱毋瞭解   〈有一種遊戲是我無法明瞭的〉   
一家子女毋知去哪   〈一整家子女散布各方不知到哪去了〉
一群白鶴尋無所在   〈一群白鶴找不到地方棲息〉
嗯………                   〈一群白鶴在哭泣…〉

With this song, we started our first forum discussion on  
台3線願景論壇...
It turned out very hot all of a sudden, with Wen Sung who gave his first opinion....All the friends do come up so many great suggestions, and we try to summarize all here:
1.) 應有一份明確Google Map to indicate the exact Tai3 Route.  So we all know exactly...
2.) Invite seniors to share their stories...but we need to have a volunteer team of field study to trace the story.  It could be a 全民運動. 
3.) 鼓勵大家轉貼家中收存老相簿的相片  (set up a site for posting the old photos)
4.) No need to emphasize "Hakka" - it should not be for the Hakka... Make it as simple as possible.
5.) Not to be trapped as 選舉花招, or 空洞的政見., should be a consensus shared by the people. No matter who執政 should carry along. 
6.) 整理既有的相関台3線研究与調查,集中方便查閱。
7.) 產業面,對現有相関業者的經營意願訪查、與未來展望?現實狀况掌握明確,不要舊問題不能解決,又帶新困擾給現有業者。
8.) 先找到"火車頭"動力方案, 重點要明確 有特色 能吸引投資經營 而不是綁樁、消耗預算

We ended our first "Tai 3 Route" forum discussion with sharing an article:   伯公下

Attached a few links to Hakka 3 line Poem posts with reference to this discussion...
 台三線願景
 浪漫台3線(2)
 浪漫台3線(3)
we look forward to reading more Hakka poems very soon...

Los Angeles Hakka Toastmasters Meeting group also sincerely encourage that there will be many more friends to lead their local communities to gather and share their insights about "Tai 3 Route" project.   Share your comments right below this post.


Sunday, April 29, 2012

2012 L.A. River CleanUp

惜大地阿母
清河壩全家參與
作環保社區合力

Continuously, our Hakka Toastmasters Meeting group has dedicated our monthly meeting for this outdoor community activity.  This is our 136th monthly meeting and we do it at Lower Compton Creek again on 4/28/2012.  In the past, we need to have big pulling from our Taiwanese American community to get this event going.  After a few years' persistence...we know that fermentation is on... Besides our Hakka Taiwanese, there are so many volunteers already committed to this meaningful event, they will quietly chip in, and be there on time.  We salute to these friends for their being so supportive:  Dr. KK Hsu and Dr. Hsieh from North Ridge, each has car-full volunteers... Friends from 西北區同鄉會 are such a wonderful group. 
Last year, we got over-crowded in this site, which might scare away many long time partners, such as Kaiser Permanente group and also Starbucks...  Yet, we have seen so many local Compton residents stepped forward...plus a group of teems that organized by Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority (MRCA) Junior Rangers...  This is something we have been waiting to happen --- the local community's involvement.  Maybe it is just a few hours' trash picking...yet it will change our minds and understanding what kind of practice should be done in our daily life to keep this earth clean.
I hope next year, we will have more people come forward....


4.27.12 James Leu  
環保公益事 
洛城清河年年有 
客人帶頭功德修

Monday, April 2, 2012

135th Hakka Toastmasters Meeting (3/31/2012)


3/31/2012, our 135th meeting at Baldwain Park.
Ivan Huang is the MC., Yuan-Hsiang Peng is evaluator., Thomas Shu controls time.
Lisa Wu has prepared well for her presentation...sharing own experience always easy to touch others' hearts. This topic: Taking care of senior family members  is a very practical one.  Everyone has been dealing with different situations, and the discussion and sharing session is also highly responsive.
I received email from 溫英樹老師 to echo this topic, he asked me to have his comments during the sharing session, so I did.

"為免打擾Lisa演講起見,煩請將拙見留到座談會尾聲- "心得分享"時,再代為報告為荷.相信Lisa演講的內容更充實.
   我的經驗談(為節省時間,以條列式表達)如下:
1.多陪老人家講話或散步
2.浴室內或走道要開燈(20-30燭光的即可),地板鋪設 "止滑板"為佳
3.設備坐式馬桶,讓男性老者也以坐姿如廁
4.老者出門時,建議他們著淺色衣服
5.老者上下車或爬小坡時要攙扶
6.老者胃口欠佳時多順其意願
7.和顏悅色對待老人家
以上諸點,大都為老人家生活起居設想(未盡事宜請大家補充),為人子女者應盡孝順之責."

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During the sharing session, there is an topic - 認識老人癡呆...  Hui-Yuan did mention one book "Still Alice" that she thought will be useful to help us understand this disease.  We all want to know more about it... Here is the information from Hui-Yuan.
"The author of the 'Still Alice' is Lisa Genova; 中文本譯名為 '我想念我自己', 由穆卓芸翻譯,遠流出版事業股份有限公司發行,譯本封面上寫道:我想不起自己的家該怎麼回去,連在家裡都會迷路。我想不起眼前叫自己'媽'的女孩是誰,丈夫的面貌也逐漸模糊。我的昨天消失了,明天還是未知數,我該為了什麼而活?記憶不斷消退,僅存的一點點'自己'也不斷隨風而逝。我想念曾經精彩的生命與摯愛的家人。我想念,我自己。
正如一書評家所言,這本書讓我們一窺阿玆海默症病患者的人生故事,不管是心智健全、失智症患者或家屬,都能在書中找到共鳴、印證、新觀念,体會到失智症患者對一個友善社會的渴望與需求。"
希望透過本書,能讓朋友們對失智症患者的行為有些許的認識與包容。
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Our next month meeting will be an outdoor activity - Los Angeles River Clean-Up on 4/28/2012.

Monday, March 5, 2012

2.28 - 65th Commemorative Concert


Once again, Taiwan Elite Alliance (優社) teams up with Hakka Toastmasters Meeting group to produce this event for our community.  We also received strong supports from TUF (台灣人聯合基金會).  This year's program is excellent. HoChie Tsai and Julie Chao, have delivered to TA an important message that Torch has passed on...Our performers have shown us their talents and touched everyone's heart through out the evening.  The whole program can be reviewed from YouTube, a generous service by LATWTV.

Sunday, January 29, 2012

2012 Hakka Jokes Contest (20120128)

Our January 2012 Hakka Toastmasters Meeting is dedicated for our Annual Hakka Jokes Contest - as we thought it is a great practice for us to use our mother tongue to tell the funny stories.  This year is our continuously 7th year for this contest.  1/28/2012 is still in Lunar New Year celebration for many friends.  Some members are still in Taiwan, some have their own family gatherings or community events... We have a rarely small group for this gathering and Potlucks party.  Yet, we still follow our game rule and the discipline to have this contest gone officially and happily as usual.  This year we have our new Big Yam Award Winner - Mr. Mu-Lien Lai, and the Second Place goes to Mrs. Huang  Wen Wen-Tze. (The two seniors are really withing a very small margin in scores...they are amazing!) Ms. Alpha Liu wins the Third Place., and Thomas Shu is the second to the Last Place.  Please enjoy the video slides by Brother Shih-Hung.

The following Hakka 3 Line Poems were presented by our member James Leu on 1/27, the eve before this year's contest.  Mr. Leu is recovering from his battle with cancer disease, and lucky that Mrs. Leu can accompany him with best support.
 
01.27.12
客人也風趣
平日講話笑科多
葷素唔忌心情好
 
 
客人唔古板
生活交談講笑話
葷素全來心開花




Wednesday, January 18, 2012

千楓_優社論壇

Our highest regards and appreciation to

LATWTV  千楓公共電視台政治台

在台灣2012大選後 特別製作 ----

Please click on the following links to view these forum discussions. 

優社論壇_客家票的開拓與展望


優社論壇_2012總統大選的觀察

優社_2012台灣所面臨的問題

優社_馬英九的因果業報.





Monday, January 2, 2012

2012 Rose Parade

The 2012 Rose Parade is on!
Maybe, just like me, you totally can't take that "China Airline" still has not been changed to be "Air Taiwan". (actually, every penny of this airline is Taiwanese' tax dollars...)
Also, this year the Parade is unusually set on Monday, 1/2/2012.
For those who can't make it to see the parade or from TV...please enjoy the following nice taken photos, great job done by our brother Shih-Hung Lo. (His house is right there near the Victoria Park and he got free ticket to watch the floats on site...how lucky.)